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will be right back!

hello friends :D
i have been very busy for some time now and i've let my blog remain dormant. :(

i also have a 10 day camp coming up this year end and will not be able to blog till the second week of january. so i wanna wish you and your family a
"HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!"



Enjoy the holidays with your family and rock on the next year! ;) and i'll be right back next year :)


have a nice time. :)


cheers!
CP 



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How fast do you think a building could be built?

With new technologies and innovations taking over in the various fields the world is moving at a very fast pace. In construction field, the prefabricated constructions is the new rule. 


These prefabricated parts like beam, column, floor slab, etc. are manufactured in the factories and transported to the construction sites. Then by simple assembling process, the building rises at a very fast speed that none could have foreseen. some buildings that proudly show this fact are the The New Ark Hotel in china, the rotating towers of dubai, london, paris, etc.  


the following video shows the construction progress in the changsa, china leaving the place with a 16 storey  building in less than 6 days. the frame of this 50m high building is capable of withstanding a magnitude nine earthquake. just see the clock ticking by in the left corner of the video. it is an amasing work!





The next is the rotating tower which is based on the dynamic architecture. dynamic in the sense each floor rotates at a constant speed individually. they have introduced a fourth dimension called time, which makes it unique. this skyscraper also uses only the prefabricated structures. 90% of the construction is completed in the factory and it is calculated to take only 22 hours to construct this sky scraper. 


The world record for building a house stands at 3hr 26min 34sec, set by a team in Alabama.


The prefabricated structures have changed the world and brought about buildings that don't require any concrete! I wonder what the next step in the construction industries would be!


cheers!







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the thursday challenge is "construction"!

This Thursday challenge is "Construction". And i was excited the moment i read the topic :D this was one topic sculpted for me! (don't start pelting stones at me ;)) :mj

we had done a model of a building showing the ways in which it could be made "green". our class as a whole accepted the work and we started of planning.:d once done with it we got all the plywood, paints, nails, saw, hammer, markers, etc. then started the best part putting the plan together.:rainbow :$ we had a group of girls marking the lines for doors, windows, ends of walls, etc. and the boys taking the saws in their hands. have a look at it... 8)


stage 1: discussing the plan and marking. 8|

stage 2: nailing the plywoods together and painting them (1st coat)

stage 3: after second coat of paint our "building" is transferred from the "manufacturing" site to the final site.



our final product! :h


back elevation.


dedicated to the whole class who enjoyed doing it :D III year civil students of MSEC... this is for you :b


Cheers!

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My first Blog post in CE VoiCE!

I have been regularly reading the articles published in the CE-VoiCE which is the official Blog of the Crazyengineers website. I had wanted to write blog posts on the civil engineering topics at the VoiCE and so submitted my first blog post.

Here it is : The Pearl Bridge

Guys do read it :) that's construction project is engineering at it's peak!

The thing i liked the most about it is they employed their own country men for all jobs right from the foremen to the project head. Even the softwares and technology they used were what they invented themselves. They didn't depend on the best people from other nations and took the job in their own hands. That's what i admire about these Japanese. And they mad it a point to have precision to the millimeter scale in this project. :D ISN'T THAT GREAT ENGINEERING?

cheers!

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My first Architectural plan

i had done some drafting of floor plans for my uncle earlier. but this was the first time i did it with full enthusiasm and this is more professional than the earlier ones. but this is not the best plans. this is the best for students like me :D these were not planned by me. i just did the drafting part.:) here are some screen shots of the draft in autocad.


ground floor plan


first floor plan

cheers!
CP

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